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Brennan Beal
I am a pharmacist turned data scientist excited about bridging the gap between data and people. My favorite projects are cross-functional in nature and revolve around creating efficiencies in the way that data is understood and delivered.
Industry Experience
Quantitative Scientist
Flatiron Health
New York, NY
Current - 2021
- Leading Syntech in the automation and deployment of a quality assessment pipeline to cut monthly engineering time by 75%
- Collaborating with our clinicians to develop R packages for scaling the speed at which we can deliver data sets to clients
- Conducting research on the use of real-world data (RWD) for ex-US HTA use cases, including collaboration with NICE, UK and thought leadership surrounding the transportability of US-generated real-world evidence (RWE)
- Researching clinical and socioeconomics barriers to access for Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy patients
- Thought leader for target-trial emulation to reduce immortal time bias when conducting observational research
Post-Doctoral Healthcare Economics Research Fellow
AbbVie with the University of Washington
Seattle, WA
2021 - 2019
- Created and began marketing an RShiny app, the Real-World Evidence Assessments and Nee¬ds Guidance (REAdi) Tool, to assist payers in streamlining the process of RWE synthesis and decision-making, which went on to receive $50,000 in funding
- Designed and led a study indicating large US payers spend >$315M on preventable glaucoma costs supporting legacy Allergan’s second largest durable growth area prior to the acquisition
- Managed vendors to support an economic value story for AbbVie’s $2.3B eye care portfolio
Independent Consultant/Entrepreneur
Chiesi USA, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
2019 - 2018
- Restructured FY 2020 marketing strategy by identifying a $600k profit opportunity within their provider outreach program
- Optimized marketing efforts for an $80M product by demonstrating the synergistic effect of two separate in-house marketing teams, yielding a 300% increase in uptake compared to no marketing
Selected Publications, Posters, and Talks
Passport for Travel: Proposed Framework for Transportability of Oncology Real World Evidence
ISPOR 2022 Poster
N/A
2022
- Brennan Beal, Ivy Altomare, Joshua Ray, Danielle Bargo, Blythe Adamson
Comparing Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs for Patients with Normal Tension Glaucoma Across Levels of Severity: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Clinical Ophthalmology
N/A
2021
- Brennan Beal, Vanessa Shih, Joanna Campbell, David Veenstra, and Beth Devine
Online tools to synthesize real-world evidence of comparative effectiveness research to enhance formulary decision making
Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy
N/A
2021
- Shuxian Chen, Jennifer Graff, Sophia Yun, Brennan Beal, Jamie T Ta, Aasthaa Bansa, Joshua J Carlson, David L Veenstra, Anirban Basu, and Beth Devine
Intro to R
University of Washington
N/A
2021
- Developed and led a course to teach incoming PhD and Fellows the basics of understanding data with R
REAdi Tool for RWE Evaluation
R/Medicine 2020
N/A
2020
- Invited to present the REAdi Tool as a novel use case for RShiny
Selected Data Science Writing
I regularly blog about data science and visualization on my blog LiveFreeOrDichotomize.
Indifference Curves Explained Through Visualization
Personal Blog
N/A
2019
- Understanding the economic theory of utility is often accomanied by two-dimensional graphs of indifference curves; however, this can sometimes be confusing and misleading. This post is meant to demystify indifference curves through three-dimensional visualizations.
Expected Loss as a Way to Better Communicate Cost Effectiveness
Personal Blog
N/A
2019
- Discussing why the technology most likely to be cost-effective may not always be the best option for reducing risk
Education
M.S., Healthcare Economics and Outcomes Research
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
2021
- University Graduate Fellow
- Thesis: Comparing Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs for Patients with Normal Tension Glaucoma Across Levels of Severity: A Retrospective Cohort Study
- First Fellow to receive the University of Washington School of Pharmacy Graduate Student Leadership Award
Doctorate of Pharmacy
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
2019
- Focused on healthcare economics and value of pharmacists in primary care clinics
B.S., Structural and Molecular Biochemistry
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
2015